'Thrips' definitions:

Definition of 'thrips'

(from WordNet)
noun
Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive [syn: thrips, thrip, thripid]

Definition of 'Thrips'

From: GCIDE
  • Thrips \Thrips\, n. [L., a woodworm, Gr. ?.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium). [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The term is also popularly applied to various other small injurious insects. [1913 Webster]

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